1. Columbus Day was established by an ivy, male-only Catholic organization known as the Knights of Columbus. They wanted a male Catholic role model they could look up to, so they pressured President F.D. Roosevelt into making it a federal holiday in 1937.2. Columbus never set foot on the land that would become the United States of America. In fact, he never saw it.3. His four voyages took him to the Caribbean, “a small detour to Central America and a hop to the northeast coast of Venezuela.” He had no idea the continent of North America existed. He thought he had found China, Japan and the region of King Solomon’s fabled gold mines.
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